“THE HOUSE GIRL is a heartbreaking, heartwarming novel, ambitious, beautifully told, and elegantly crafted. Tara Conklin negotiates great vast swaths of time and tribulation, character and place, with grace, insight, and, simply, love.” ~ Laurie Frankel, Author of Goodbye for Now and The Atlas of Love. · by Tara Conklin. 1. As a servant in the Bell’s home Josephine is literally “The House Girl.”. But how does this title also apply to Lina’s character? What is the significance of Lina leaving her father’s house at the close of the story? 2. The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and Virginia. Two remarkable women, separated by more than a century, whose lives unexpectedly intertwine/5(2K).
The House Girl. Tara Conklin. William Morrow. pp. Reviewed by Gerry Hogan. Febru. The intertwining stories of two very different women, one a 19th-century slave, one a modern-day junior attorney, drive this debut effort that represents several genres in one novel. Mystery, historical novel, tale of self-discovery, polemic. by Tara Conklin. 1. As a servant in the Bell's home Josephine is literally "The House Girl.". But how does this title also apply to Lina's character? What is the significance of Lina leaving her father's house at the close of the story? 2. I was very impressed with how Tara Conklin was able to make us care about both her protagonists such a world and time apart. Josephine, the house slave in rural Virginia in the mid 's and Lina, a lawyer in a top rated law firm, about years later. Lina is asked to do research into reparations for the relatives of slaves.
The House Girl, by former litigator Tara Conklin, employs overlapping contemporary and historical narratives in a novel that juxtaposes the lives of a lawyer seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves in 21st century New York and a year old slave girl with secret talents who, in , flees a tobacco farm in West Virginia. The author weaves a captivating tale of Josephine, the house girl of the title, who is a critical component of the case Lina Sparrow, a contemporary. Tara Conklin’s first novel, “The House Girl,” arrives in the middle of Black History Month boasting all the qualities of a Very Earnest Bestseller. “THE HOUSE GIRL is a heartbreaking, heartwarming novel, ambitious, beautifully told, and elegantly crafted. Tara Conklin negotiates great vast swaths of time and tribulation, character and place, with grace, insight, and, simply, love.” ~ Laurie Frankel, Author of Goodbye for Now and The Atlas of Love.
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